Tarin
Feminine
Tarin is given to both — 887 girls and 322 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Tarin is one of the very few names whose invention can be dated to a year and credited to a person: a film star made it up for his daughter, and the American record begins the year she was born.
How old is the name Tarin?
Tarin first appears in US birth records in 1954 — 71 years ago. The typical Tarin alive today was born around 1988, making them about 37 years old. About 900 people named Tarin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tarin most popular?
Tarin peaked in 1985, reaching #1621 nationally. See the whole 1985 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Tarin
Most names cannot be traced to a first bearer. This one can: a well-known actor and his wife gave it to a daughter, and the record shows the name appearing across the country within a year or two of the birth being reported. That is the rarest kind of origin in the whole of naming, and it is worth being clear about how little it changes. A name with a known inventor and a known year is no more or less meaningful than one whose maker is lost — every name was invented once, and the only difference here is that somebody wrote the date down. The two spellings that resulted have split along the sex line in the record since, with the i version going more often to boys and the y version to girls.
Meaningnot established
Not established
There is no meaning because there was no word. The name was constructed, apparently for its sound, and any gloss offered for it — Irish, Welsh, Japanese — has been attached afterward by name books working from resemblance.
Pronouncing Tarin
TAIR-in
Two syllables, stress at the front. Tuh-RIN, with the weight at the back, is also heard.
Nicknames for Tarin
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1954
- Most girls named
- 198573 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1621reached in 1985
- Change vs 2013
- 0.0%5 in 2017, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Tarins among us
people named Tarin are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Tarin sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is short, crisp and read correctly on sight.
- It works for either child without seeming borrowed from the other.
- It has a documented origin, which almost no modern name can claim.
- Taryn is the commoner spelling and hers will be written that way.
- Most children with this spelling are girls, but a real minority are boys; either may be taken for the other.
- There is no meaning at all, which is worth saying before somebody invents one.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tarins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Tarin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tarin in 2025?
- Tarin is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Tarin with classmates?
- Tarin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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